27.1.12

Etymology

Lately, I've come to like the word dirt cheap. Dirt cheap is very common and very pleasing nowadays. It means 5 broccoli for one euro or a Burberry trench with a 90% price reduction. And it makes people's faces look lighter for a second. But dirt cheap was it's downsides too. Like eating broccoli every day of the week. But that's a side effect in crisis time.

23.1.12

The roommates Part 1

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Stranger than strange... I guess the scanner has it's problems too but I couldn't guess that a simple plastic film could harm the negative that much. I'm eager for the rest though

22.1.12

Nonsense post



p.s. I just started the roommates project. Not with sucess. But it's a good start

19.1.12

It's a song about dreams, love.

Yesterday, finding myself talking about dreams, I remembered this beloved song. They would always drink cheap wine, huh...Make that gluhwein for me. Enjoy.

7.1.12

Goodbye London. Hello Amsterdam

I'm leaving London tomorrow. That trip felt too small. Maybe because I spend enough time with my laptop at night and woke up at 11.00 and 12.00 a.m. Nah. I did the essential. I went to tate modern, saatchi, random photo exhibitions, the shops (mostly with my mom pulling me), walked, ate AMAZING food (I'd like to import that to Greece) and drinks and did a liiitle bit of photography. Not even a roll of film... I should be ashamed of myself.
Tomorrow I'm going on a one day trip to Amsterdam. We're gonna laugh, because I've never been there and, considering that I want to wander around and that I don't have a map, the situation's gonna be tricky. I can't wait ;)

6.1.12

The unexpected

The highlight of the day, and the reason that proved me right in visiting the National portrait gallery, London is this. David Lachapelle's "Alexander McQueen and Isabella Blow"



I don't like the photographer. I don't usually like this type of photography. Yet, this one's amazing. Because it's hilarious and at the same time visually very interesting. Enjoy. (I'd say, try to find it in a better size). P.s. this is not a usual trip for me so I can't really give you tips of any kind for London. I could just give you advice on finding the best fresh juices in the town!

5.1.12

Ballet boots, shoe seduction etc

I think I'm having a déjà-vu here. Same town, same hotel, same subject. Three years later. What is it that makes ballet boots so attractive to my mind?
Ballet boots (wikipedia description) are simply said, a pair of ballet shoes stuck to the pointe position with some heels stuck under the toe. As you can probably understand they're impossible to walk in. Impossible? nah.
As I discovered today, there's a community of girls that love their ballet boots and learn how to walk on them. Here's a girl with a blog worth mentionning.
This impossibility plus the perfect shape of the shoe and the fascination that most little girls have for ballet turned a bit dark have made me drool over those boots for some years now. I probably won't buy them 'cause I probably wouldn't use them, but I'd put them in a design museum. Cause they're worth it.

2.1.12

Ps (again, I'll have to stop this)

They used to say that in the 00's we had no new sense of style. I guess layering is new, because my mom can't understand it at all.



(ok, that's extreme layering. But you get the picture)

Have a nice rest of the holidays everyone!!!

The suitcase stories

There is a question that I tend to ask myself often. What is the right quantity? When is something too little or too much? It's a question whose aspects I see in all parts of life. Architecture. Clothing. Food even. And so we come to the real subject today, that is the suicase. I tend to be on the minimal side. Do you really need more than one pair of shoes and one coat for 4 days? I don't think so. I've got my hot (sometimes too hot) booties and a grey coat and that's enough. I'm layering clothes. And I only wear dresses. And that's that. So, this time my suitcase looks like a big bag. For four days in London. Because I'm bored of carrying a big suitcase with lots of unnecessary things inside. Minimalism is good for your back.